Sir Cliff Richard’s charity recorded a £100,000 boost after he was cleared of historic sex abuse allegations.

The 77-year-old - who last week a landmark legal victory against the BBC - has faced a bitter fight to clear his name ever since he was wrongly accused of an historic attack.

As he suffered under the scrutiny of a two-year police probe, donations to his charity dwindled to less than £14,000.

But when the Crown Prosecution Service ruled there was not enough evidence his charity secured a huge cash injections.

Between April 2016 and April 2017, income from “donations and legacies” to the Sir Cliff Richard Charitable Trust rocketed to more than £132,000 (Image: PA)

Cliff won a landmark legal victory against the BBC (Image: Reuters)

Between April 2016 and April 2017, income from “donations and legacies” to the Sir Cliff Richard Charitable Trust rocketed to more than £132,000, we can reveal.

It will be a huge boon to Sir Cliff - Britain’s all-time biggest selling male artist with 22 million singles to his name.

The scheme supports projects aimed at medical research, children, the elderly, and the disabled. The latest accounts show they have given lucrative donations to the Arts Centre Group and the Genesis Trust.

It also pledged cash to the Caron Keating Foundation, set up in the name of Gloria Hunniford’s daughter after she died at the age of 41 from cancer. It was created to distribute money for cancer relief projects and research.

A source said: “It’s very sad that while Sir Cliff was struggling and under the scrutiny of the police his charity work suffered.

“But ever since he’s been cleared - despite fighting a hard legal battle with the BBC - people have got behind his charity work again.

“He’s hoping he can get his life back on track and that his charity work can continue to do good.”

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This week Sir Cliff was awarded £210,000 in damages at the court after he sued the BBC for its “intrusive” coverage of a police raid on his home in Sunningdale, Berkshire.

A man had claimed Sir Cliff molested him at an evangelist rally in Sheffield in the 1980s when he was under 16 — but the star was never arrested and faced no charges.

The singer described the raid in August 2014 as “the most horrible, disastrous thing that’s even taken place in my life”.

He insisted he had lived a clean and moral life to become “an ambassador for Britain”, but feels the incident will leave him tarnished.

Sir Cliff had planned to jet back to his £5 million vineyard near Albufeira in Portugal where he watched in horror as the BBC swarm all over his home.

But he has remained in the UK to celebrate a pal’s birthday party this weekend.

Last night a close pal said: “He feels as though a two-tonne weight has been lifted from around his neck. To say he’s suffered over the past few years is an understatement.

“He’s got a new album coming out and two sell-out dates at the Royal Albert Hall. He wants to put this behind him, move on and focus entirely on his music.”